[ad_1] The OSIRIS-REx satellite, launched in September 2016, is getting closer to its goal, the asteroid Bennu. And on October 16th, NASA confirmed that a milestone had been reached: the craft had …
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[ad_1] NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft performed its fourth asteroid approach maneuver (AAM-4) yesterday. The spacecraft used its attitude control system boosters (ACS) to slow it down from about 0.31 mph (0.14 m / …
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[ad_1] This series of 16 images shows the constant approach of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft towards the asteroid Bennu during the last half of October 2018. From October 12 to 29, the camera …
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[ad_1] Finally, NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Spectral Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) provided a close-up, personal view of the asteroid Bennu. This composite image was created from eight photos taken …
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[ad_1] Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona After two years traveling through space, the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has started to obtain images of the mission target, primitive asteroid Bennu. As part of the scientific …
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[ad_1] NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has executed its third Asteroid Approach Maneuver (AAM-3). The trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) thrusters fired in a series of two braking maneuvers designed to slow the spacecraft’s speed …
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[ad_1] OSIRIS-REx has managed to burn an engine to change its speed as it runs towards the potentially dangerous asteroid, Bennu. The asteroid Bennu is a 1,650-foot-wide (500-meter-wide) space-rock that could end …
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[ad_1] OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft from NASA continues its journey to Asteroid Bennu after successfully completing his second Deep Space maneuver on June 28th. According to the space agency, the engine was burnt as …
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